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Skania Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Middle Cambrian |
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| Illustration of Skania fragilis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Skania |
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Skania is a Middle Cambrian fossil arthropod that is closely related to the Early Cambrian Primicaris larvaformis from the Chengjiang Biota, China. It bears a superficial resemblance to the Ediacaran organism Parvancorina. A single specimens of Skania are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.01% of the community.